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    Jealousy as just another human weakness. Jeal•ou•sy noun: unhappy or angry feeling of wanting what someone else has; also commonly used to describe the unhappy feeling caused by the belief that a lover is liked by or likes someone else. While some use jealousy as a driving force to better themselves, this is clearly not the case in Shakespeare’s Othello. As a major theme, jealousy is essentially the cause that pushes the characters to their tragic demises. Interestingly, the play portrays jealousy

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    Jealousy in Othello In Othello, Shakespeare presents us with that tragic story of a man who, in a jealous rage, destroys what he loves most in the world. All of the tragedy that happens in this play is caused by jealousy. It destroys their lives by causing Iago to show his true colors and forces Othello to destroy his own life as well as the lives of many others around him. Jealousy is what makes this play a tragedy, and if that jealousy had been eliminated from this play it would no longer be a

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    Jealousy can be such burdin that won’t stay away and is consumed within us. Othello was one of the victims of jealousy and for being one of many to consume jealousy it started to hurt him mentally and physically causing him to have these episodes which led him to make the biggest mistake he could ever make. Jealousy is found in everyone and some of them handle it in many different ways. Iago the Conniving liar was jealous because both Othello and Cassio got promoted before him and was mad saying

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    Thesis: Jealousy plays an enormous role in the play Othello by Shakespeare. Jealousy is when an individual shows bitterness toward someone else accomplishment and want the spotlight only on him or her. I. Introduction II. When the plays slowly open out a monster came out known as the Green-Eyed Monster. A. The color green symbolize envy and monster symbolize destruction. B. Iago was the first character to be attack by the Green-Eyed Monster so we know this character will have some jealous ways through

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    Jealousy Wrecks Havoc in Othello

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    hatred sees even more sharp, but jealousy sees the sharpest for it is love and hate at the same time”(anonymous). Love and hate interlinked together builds jealousy. Jealous people are that way because they envy or wish they could have what someone else has to fulfill the attention or satisfaction need. There is a void in their lives that they believe can be filled if only the status or the treasures that another has belonged to them. The characters in Othello fall under the same category. There

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    comparison of jealousy with Iago and in real life William Shakespeare, English literature, most influential writer. Shakespeare finish grammar school, but did not further his education. When Shakespeare family moved to England, he eventually became most popular playwright in England and a part-owner a theater. Shakespeare produced a tragedy “Othello” witch gave us a clear understanding on jealousy. There are five different types of jealousy: Romantic, Work or Power, Friend, and Abnormal jealousy. Iago

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    Jealousy, or as William Shakespeare prefers to call it, ‘The green-eyed monster”, is rampant in society today. It always has, and always will be, present in our lives, regardless of if it is consciously displayed or not. Jealousy, stem from insecurity and envy and leads to bitterness and the desire for revenge. All jealousy may not be inherently negative but once it becomes uncontrolled, it has the power to completely ruin an individual's life. In William Shakespeare's Othello, the issue of jealousy

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    ‘Othello’ is another of William Shakespeare’s tragedies, embracing the complex ideas and the intrinsic nature of the human condition. The 1603 text encompasses around Othello, a tragic hero who allowed his fatal flaws, honour and reputation, to inevitably lead to his demise. The textual integrity of this Elizabethan tragedy has been preserved, allowing a critical analysis of various issues addressed within the play which still resonates in today’s society. Shakespeare accentuates the vulnerability

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    defines jealousy as “the state of mind arising from the suspicion, apprehension, or knowledge of rivalry: a. in love: Fear of being supplanted in the affection, or distrust of the fidelity, of a beloved person, esp. a wife, husband, or lover.” Everyone has somehow experienced jealousy and the fear of losing someone important provokes insecurities, depression, rage and even violence. This universal and deeply rooted human emotion is widely represented in literature. Shakespeare’s famous Othello is the

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    In a close relationship jealousy emerges when one person fears losing the other. In William Shakespeare's Othello the titular character loses his beloved wife due to his suspicion of her betrayal. Othello’s downfall is ultimately caused by his ‘friend’ Iago, but he was highly to blame for his own downfall as he was naive and irrational. The character of Othello contributed in many ways to cause the tragedy and a lot of the conflict could be blamed on himself. Othello not only murdered people but

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